Saito, K., & Lyster, R. (2012). Investigating the pedagogical potential of recasts for L2 vowel acquisition. TESOL Quarterly, 46(2), 387-397.
摘要:Saito and Lyster (2011) examined the acquisitional value of pronunciation-focused recasts in a quasi-experimental study with a pre- and post-test design involving participants who were adult native speakers of Japanese learning English. The participants were involved with a series of form-focused tasks whereby they were guided to notice and practice one of two pronunciation features (the alveolar approximant /r/ or the low front vowel /ae/) while teachers consistently provided recasts in response to pronunciation errors. That study reported the results of the group focusing on /r/, revealing that pronunciation-focused recasts can be facilitative of L2 pronunciation development with medium-to-large effects, especially within familiar lexical items that appeared during the instructional treatment. In the current study, Saito and Lyster report on the results of the group focusing on /ae/ and further examine the pedagogical potential and limitations of pronunciation-focused recasts from various perspectives. Adapted from the source document
关键词:applied linguistics, English as a second/foreign language instruction, English as a Second Language Learning, English as a Second Language Instruction, Japanese, Second Language Instruction, English as a Second Language Teaching Methods, Language Teaching Methods, Pronunciation Instruction